Holes in Security

Kia ora,

Recent news is the missing explosives in Yemen. Only a few truck loads so don't mind. But do you need explosives. Couple months back here in NZ a few tonnes of fertilizer went missing. Now that was what the Oklahoma bomb was. Fertilizer makes the main ingredient in that type of bomb. But no one in NZ would consider it might be used for terrorist purposes.

Other recent news is the male not going through correct lane in US airport. This will almost certainly have happened due to division of roles. Where as in Britain they tend to work together due to years of dealing with IRA, US & NZ tend to be delegated roles & are not to interfere or assist others. As I said in an earlier blog this was what I came across on one task where staff were to be sacked if they looked at areas outside their designated ones.

It also mirrors what we seen in Baghdad at one high risk area. It was all searches etc in one direction but hardly ever looked at in other direction. & out that other gate we know the insurgency took 200 stolen AK's, uniforms & kidknapped 9 locals from inside the 'secure' area. Over time they also from a number of areas stole on seperate occassions, a minimi, 12 humvees, 11 humvees & 2 Bradleys.

Again this can come back to getting right at the basic level. But to do that systems have to be in place. That is robust systems, not something dreamed up in an office. Something that works on the ground.